If you spend 80% of your money and you spend $16 how much did you have totally?

Question

At a farmers's market, you buy 4 lbs of tomatoes and 2 lbs of sweet potatoes totaling in $16. You spend 80% of the money in your wallet. Write and Solve an equation to find how much money is in your wallet before you pay.

Answer 1

$16 = amount spent;

x = amount of dollars in wallet;

80% of x = $16;

80% = 0.80;

0.80 * x = $16;

x = $16 / 0.80

x = $160 / 8.0

x = $20.00